Senior Mental Health Clinician Multidisciplinary

Forensicare; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 96,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Employee wellbeing program

Smoke-free environment

Job summary

Forensicare is seeking a Mental Health Clinician Multidisciplinary to join the Community Forensic Mental Health Services in South East Metro, based at Paul Mullen Centre, Clifton Hill.

The role focuses on improving access to specialist forensic mental health services, coordinating referrals between care settings and prisons, and enhancing service delivery for consumers with offending risks and mental illness.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated minimum 5-year post registration mental health experience.
• Ability to undertake comprehensive psychosocial and risk assessments.
• Ability to plan, implement and evaluate clinical interventions.

Responsibilities

• Proactively develop and maintain close professional relationships with AMHWS and forensic clinical specialists.
• Provide specialist primary, secondary and tertiary consultation services, including risk assessments and reports.
• Contribute to consumer risk management plans with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide case management on a shared care basis and support transition programs.

Skills

Forensic mental health

Risk assessments

Case management

Education

Nurse/Psychologist/Social Worker/OT qualifications

Registration with AHPRA or equivalent

Tools

N/A

Job description

Mental Health Clinician Multidisciplinary

Grade: Social Worker/ Occupational Therapist/Psychologist Grade 3; or Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 4

Location: South East Metro, Based at Paul Mullen Centre, Clifton Hill

$95,732 - $134,523 + super + benefits

Full-time fixed term until June 2027

Please Note: Applications will be assessed as received and position may close earlier than indicated.

Community Forensic Mental Health Services

Forensicare’s Community Forensic Mental Health Services provides programs and services for people who have a serious mental illness who have offended, or are at risk of offending, as well as those transitioning from Thomas Embling Hospital and Prisons into the community.

Specialist forensic mental health services are provided through advice, consultation, assessment and treatment for people who present with a range of serious problem behaviours.

Forensicare’s Community Forensic Mental Health services work alongside and in support of: Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Services; justice agencies including Victoria Police, Corrections Victoria, Youth Justice and Victorian Courts; and private practitioners, primary health providers and other health providers.

Position objective

• The Senior Clinician will improve outcomes for consumers who have offending risks and mental illness and/or problem behaviours, and the families and carers through:
• Improving access to Forensicare’s specialist forensic mental health services;
• Coordination, referral pathways and transition support between specialist mental health care, correctional services and prisons;
• Improving the capability of key local services to manage offending risks of consumers and appropriately refer consumers for specialist assessment and treatment;
• Pathways into and out of Thomas Embling Hospital, to ensure that inpatient stays are no longer than necessary.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively develop and maintain close professional relationships with the relevant AMHWS, and forensic clinical specialists.
• Proactively develop links with other mental health and social support services who provide services required to meet the needs of consumers and/or require forensic mental health support.
• Provide specialist primary, secondary and tertiary consultation services for AMHWS and other key stakeholders, including advanced specialist forensic mental health assessments, risk assessments, reports, and advice on the assessment and management of complex forensic mental health issues.
• Contribute to consumer risk management plans in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide case management on a shared care basis with AMHWS, and support Forensicare’s Community Transition and Treatment Program in the case management of consumers on extended care from Thomas Embling Hospital

Criteria

• Qualifications, knowledge, experience
• Possession of a relevant tertiary qualification and registration and/or eligibility for membership with the appropriate Board or Professional Association as a Registered Nurse, Psychologist, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist. The qualifications required for each discipline are:
• Registered Nurse RPN4:
  - Registered Psychiatric Nurse. Must have current unrestricted registration with AHPRA and a post-graduate Diploma qualification in mental health nursing or equivalent.
• Psychologist Grade 3:
  - Registered or eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency(AHPRA).
  - Masters or Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology accredited by the Australian Psychology
  - Accreditation Council (APAC) or the equivalent or a Doctorate degree in Forensic Psychology accredited by APAC or the equivalent.
  - Endorsement or eligibility for endorsement by AHPRA in the area of clinical psychology and/or forensic psychology, or clinical neuropsychology.
• Social Worker Grade 3:
  - Tertiary qualifications in Social Work and eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• Occupational Therapist Grade 3:
  - Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner’s Regulations Agency (AHPRA).
  - Approved degree in Occupational Therapy and eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Occupational Therapists (OT Australia).
• Experience working in forensic mental health including forensic mental health risk assessment, care planning and service delivery.
• Demonstrated minimum 5-year post registration mental health experience.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake comprehensive psychosocial and risk assessments and to plan, implement and evaluate clinical interventions

A culture where people matter:

• Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of all our team members.
• Well defined career pathways existing across our Directorates with multi-disciplined Teams.
• Salary Packaging Options available – Mortgage, Rent, Car, Expenses
• A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.
• Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
• Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
• A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological, peer support and critical incidence response programs.

Eligibility

• Influenza and Immunisation Evidence
• This position is subject to a Police Check

Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles ofRESPONSIVENESS, INTEGRITY, IMPARTIALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, LEADERSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.